Working group IT Landscape Electronic Resources

Start: March 2022
Supported by: AG Verbundsysteme, EZB and ZDB
Website: www.ag-systemlandschaft.de

The Advisory Board of the Electronic Journals Library (EZB) established a working group to look at the various application scenarios in the management of electronic resources and to map the systems and processes involved. About 30 library professionals responded to this call and attended the first meeting of this working group on March 24th, 2022. The working group organizes itself via work packages, which are handled in subgroups:

• WP0: Definitions for a common understanding of terminology and entities

• WP1: Development of a questionnaire for relevant systems to systematically record data exchange processes

• WP2: Identify the relevant systems and conduct the survey

• WP3: Visualization of systems, processes, data flows and identifiers

• WP4: Public Relations

• WP5: Regular update

The aim of this working group is to create a system map with as many participating systems as possible that are used to manage electronic resources in academic libraries in German-speaking countries and to visualize their data exchange processes. The working group has an informative character and wants to contribute to system clarification in this complex topic. The working group is open to the participation of other interested parties.